60-Second Civics: Episode 3978, Textualism, Literalism, or Strict Construction
60-Second Civics Podcast
English - May 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1 Byte - ★★★★ - 76 ratingsCourses Education education civics civic education service learning law history constitution constitution day government we the people Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Advocates for using the plain meaning of the words of the Constitution to resolve differences about interpretation of the document say that this method keeps the Supreme Court neutral and makes the law certain and predictable. Detractors say that even the Framers disagreed about what the words in the Constitution meant.
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